Hidden and Lesser-known Disordered Eating Behaviors - in Medical and Psychiatric Conditions

This book provides up-to-date information on lesser known eating disorders (EDs) and eating related disorders. EDs and eating-related disorders include a highly heterogeneous group of syndromes and symptoms characterized by abnormal eating and weight control behaviors that can appear in all genders and ages. EDs can lead to high rates of morbidity and mortality, especially if they are misdiagnosed and untreated. The risk of underestimation is high for the lesser-known ED, and when unhealthy eating behaviors appear in unusual situations, such as some medical and psychiatric pathologies, adults and the elderly, sexual minorities etc.The volume examines EDs in specific populations (the elderly, males, infants and toddlers, sexual minorities, etc.). Several chapters explore in detail lesser-known EDs (anorexia athletica, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, chewing and spitting, EDs by proxy, EDs after bariatric surgery, muscle dysmorphia, night-eating syndrome, nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, pica, rumination disorder, etc.). Finally, other chapters address features of unhealthy eating and weight control behaviors associated with medical diseases (achalasia, craniopharyngioma, cystic fibrosis, cyclic vomiting syndrome, diabetes, dysphagia, Kleine-Levin syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Parkinson disease, Prader-Willi syndrome, Turner syndrome, etc.)The book will be a valuable resource for all health professionals who work in the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology, eating disorders, obesity, medicine, clinical nutrition, public health, and prevention, allowing them to broaden their understanding of these disorders, and to enhance their clinical ability to diagnose them.

Product details

• Authors: Massimo et al Cuzzolaro, Manzato, Emilia Manzato
• Assisted by: Massim Cuzzolaro (Editor), Massimo Cuzzolaro (Editor), Lorenzo Maria Donini (Editor), Emilia Manzato (Editor), Lorenzo Maria Donini (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2021
• EAN: 9783030811730
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3081173-0
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; B, Medicine, Mental Health, Psychiatry, orthorexia nervosa, Anorexia athletica, avoidant and restrictive food intake disorder, SDG3, gourmand syndrome, weight-control behaviors, selective eating disorder, unhealthy eating, night-eating syndrome